Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice 202 Harvard SE Albuquerque, NM 87106 505-268-9557   Updated: 27 May 2009 Newsletter June 2009
June 2009 Newsletter Contents Honoring Dorie Bunting, one of ACP&J's original founders Membership Application	Honoring Dorie Bunting, one of ACP&J's original founders In early spring of this year Dorie Bunting's name was submitted to the NM Commission for the Status of Women by longtime CARD member Jeff Radford and NM Senator Dede Feldman. Many of our Peace and Justice groups wrote letters listing how Dorie had contributed to improving lives and the environment in our Land of Enchantment and globally. Some of the things mentioned are listed here. Dorie has advocated for multiracial organization and activism. She worked to rebuild the Tierra Amarilla Medical Clinic in northern NM and supported people's liberation struggles. Dorie participated in nonviolent protests of war and injustice. She sought to halt construction of WIPP, to clean up uranium tailings around Mount Taylor, and served ten days in jail for protesting near a nuclear facility. She has helped raise money for countless worthy causes and the Sala Grande of her home was for many years open for fledgling initiatives and vulnerable people. Dorie has been instrumental in the survival of many groups organized to create positive change, and she helped found the Peace and Justice Center in 1983, so that persons involved in separate initiatives could support each other's efforts. She is schooled in consensus decision-making and nonviolent communication from her Quaker roots and half-century with the Albuquerque Friends Meeting.
Senator Feldman used the input of our community to create this award from the 2009 NM Legislature, which recognizes and thanks Dorie for her ceaseless work on behalf of New Mexico. She will present this award to Dorie. You are invited to the potluck lunch on Saturday, June 6, 12:30 - 2:30pm. Please send calendar items, comments, and questions concerning this Web document to Web@abqPeaceAndJustice.org .